24
and the priests killed them, and they removed the sin with their blood upon the altar, to reconcile all Israel, for the king commanded
that the burnt offering and
the atonement for sin
should be offered for all Israel.
25
And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad, the king’s seer, and of Nathan, the prophet, for that commandment
was by the hand of the LORD, by the hand of his prophets.
26
And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
27
Then Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began
also with the trumpets and with the instruments of David, king of Israel.
28
And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpets sounded;
and all
this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
29
And when they had finished offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves and worshipped.
30
Moreover, Hezekiah, the king, and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph, the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshipped.
31
Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and praises in the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and praises, and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.
32
And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was seventy bullocks, one hundred rams,
and two hundred lambs; all these
were for the burnt offering of the LORD.
33
And the consecrated things
were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
34
But the priests were too few so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings; therefore, their brethren, the Levites, helped them until the work was ended and until the
other priests had sanctified themselves, for the Levites
were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.